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SELF-STERILIZING DOOR HANDLE
Disclosed herein is an innovative self-sterilizing door handle. The innovation features various door handle shape embodiments where the grasping portion of the handle is made from light-guiding material capable of low attenuation of UVB and UVC light. UV light may be guided into the grasping portion by optical fibers extending from a source comprising an array of LEDs capable of emitting UVB or UVC light. The light source may be integrally formed as part of the door handle hardware. In addition, the surface of the grasping portion of the innovative self-sterilizing handle may be coated with nano-particulate metal oxides.
SELF-STERILIZING DOOR HANDLE
Disclosed herein is an innovative self-sterilizing door handle. The innovation features various door handle shape embodiments where the grasping portion of the handle is made from light-guiding material capable of low attenuation of UVB and UVC light. UV light may be guided into the grasping portion by optical fibers extending from a source comprising an array of LEDs capable of emitting UVB or UVC light. The light source may be integrally formed as part of the door handle hardware. In addition, the surface of the grasping portion of the innovative self-sterilizing handle may be coated with nano-particulate metal oxides.
SELF-STERILIZING DOOR HANDLE
DANIELS CHRISTOPHER C (author)
2017-03-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E05B
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